View Desktop Icons as Thumbnails in XP?

Can it be done?

October 11, 2005 5:45 PM from

I'm curious if there's any way to view your icons on your desktop as thumbnails, as opposed to icons. Does anyone out there know a registry tweak that can do this?

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Reply #1 October 11, 2005 5:53 PM from

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Iconx can allow you to resize, add animations effects and sound effects to the desktop icons which is the most I've ever heard you can do. It also lets you control the color and font of the Icon text in the mouseover, focus and normal states. The latest version will allow you to add graphics below the text as well and several samples are included with the program.

Forgot to mention it's included with Object Desktop at Stardock.com

Reply #2 October 11, 2005 7:46 PM from

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Joe, to my knowledge it cant be done, although this would definately be handy in many cases.

Reply #3 October 11, 2005 8:46 PM from

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IconX will also show thumbnails of images (or direct shortcuts to) put on the desktop, if that is what t3hj03 meant.

Reply #4 October 12, 2005 8:15 PM from

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Awesome, thanks guys. I'll definetly give that a try.

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